A LEDBURY police officer has confirmed that a colleague was pushed to the ground and injured while responding to an incident at the Recreation Ground. Ledbury town clerk Angela Price said she had met with representatives of the police and fire
A DOMESTIC abuse charity that operates in Herefordshire has launched a new service specifically for young people. West Mercia Women’s Aid has received funding from The Ministry of Justice to create four new positions to deliver an initiative targeted
THE sudden closure of Ice Bytes Café and Ice Cream Parlour on The Homend has left Ledbury without a Tourist Information Centre. The property, which has housed the information centre since 2011, is now on the market with with Stooke Hill and Walshe
LEDBURY Town Council is joining forces with grass-roots groups for a week of practical action to tackle Climate Change on a local level. The council’s Climate Change Working Party will work alongside groups such as Ledbury Naturalists, Sustainable
THE owner of Eastnor Castle, James Hervey Bathurst, will give a talk on the challenges faced owners of important historic landmarks. The event at the castle next Wednesday, October 27, is the first in a series of talks, visits and exhibitions
RIVER rescue teams from Ledbury and Malvern were seen on the Wye in Herefordshire at the weekend. Firefighters were out on the water in rescue boats and full gear, while smoke was seen rising from a passenger boat. Crews from Whitchurch, Ross-on-Wye
FOLLOWING their barn-storming production of Sherlock’s Excellent Adventure last month, Bosbury’s All Star Theatre Company are getting their teeth into another big show. The village theatre group is putting the finishing touches to Dracula — The
LEDBURY’s Methodist Church has launched a Death Café — a chance for people to talk freely about one of life’s great inevitabilities, other than taxes. Organisers have stressed that the informal monthly event is not a bereavement support group or
A POETRY collection inspired by local landscapes will be launched at a special lunchtime event at Ledbury’s Barrett Browning Institute tomorrow (Saturday, October 23). Soil by Catherine Swire is an exploration in poetry and prose of eight locations
LEDBURY Town provided a shock in the opening round of the Herefordshire FA County Cup by knocking out holders Hereford Lads Club after a 6-0 score line. The Herefordshire Premier side led by two goals at the break and increased their advantage
LEDBURY’s famous Painted Room on Church Street has closed to visitors after a member of staff tested positive for covid. The popular visitor attraction closed on Tuesday until further notice. However, as it was due to shut at the end of this
Ledbury Town ran out comfortable winners against Holme Lacy in the first-round of the Herefordshire FA Charity Bowl at the start of the month. Goals in the first-half from Tom Boyle, Ben Miller and Nathan Ince had the hosts 3-0 up before a 57th
MOTORISTS are being asked to come forward after a burglary near a Herefordshire town on Tuesday evening. A police spokesperson said officers are investigating a report of a residential burglary in the Norton area, just outside Bromyard. They
A CORONER said it was "something of a mystery" why a motorcycle crashed into an oncoming car on a Herefordshire road killing the rider. Karen Evans was riding her Honda motorcycle on the B4203 near Bromyard Downs when the crash happened on May
